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Show WuIGHTS AND MEASURES. /roy Weight.-24 grains=l pwt.; 20 pwts.=l ounce; 12ouneet = 1 pound. Used for weighing gold, silver, and jewels. Apothecaries' Weight.-20 grains=l scruple; 3 scruples=l dram; 8 drams=l ounce; 12 ounces=l pound. The ounce and pound in this are the same as in Troy Weight. Avoirdupois Weight. - 27 11-32 grains=l dram; 16 drams=l ounce; 16ounces=l pound;25pounds=l quarter; 4quarters ==1 cwt.; 2,000 pounds=l short ton; 2,240 pounds=l long ton. Dry Measure.-2 pints=l quart; 8 quarts=l peck; 4 pecks=l bushel; 36 bushels=l chaldron. Liquid Measure.-4 gills=l pint: 2 pints=l quart; 4 quarts=l gallon; 31% gallons=l barrel; 2 barrels=l hogshead. Time Measure.-60 Seconds=l minute; 60 minutes=l hour; 24 hours=l day; 7 days=l week. 28, 29, 30 or 31 days=l calendar month (30 days=l month in computing interest; ; 365 days=l year; 366 days=l leap year. Circular Measure.-60 seconds=l minute; 60 minutes=l degree; 30 degrees=l sign; 90 degrees=l quadrant; 4 quadrants=12 signs, or 360 degrees-1 circle. Long Measure.-12 inches=l foot; 3 feet=l yard; V/& yards=« 1 rod; 40 rods=l furlong; 8 furlongs=l stat. mile; 3 milea = 1 league. Cloth Measure.-2J£ inches=l nail; 4 nails=l quarter; 4 quar-ters= l yard. Hmriners' Measure.-6 feet-1 fathom; 120 fathoms=l cabla length; 1% cable lengths=l mile; 5,280 feet=l stat. mile J 6,085 feet=l naut. mile. Miscellaneous.-3 inches=l palm; 4 inches=l hand; 6 inches = 1 span; 18 inches=l cubit; 21.8 inches=l Bible cubit; 2}£ feet=l military pace. Square Measure.-144 sq. inches=l sq. foot; 9 sq. feet=l sq. yard; 30% sq. yards=l sq. rod; 40 sq. rods=l rood; 4 roods = 1 acre; 640 acres=l sq. mile. Surveyors' Measure-7.92 inches=l link; 25 links=l rod; 4 rods=l chain; 10 sq. chains or 160 sq. rods=l acre; 640 acres = 1 sq. mile; 36 sq. miles (6 miles Fquare>=l township. Cubic Measure.-1,728 cubic inches=l cubic foot; 27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard; 2,150.42 cubic inches=l standard bushel; 268.8 cubic inches=l standard gallon; 1 cubic foot=about four-fifths of a bushel; 128 cubic feet=l cord (wood); 40 cubic feet=l ton (shipping). Metric Equivalents. LINEAR.-1 centimeter=0.3937 inches; 1 decimeter=3.937 inches=0.328 feet; 1 meter=39.37 inches =1.0936 yards; 1 dekameter=1.9884 rods; 1 kilometer= 0.62137 mile. SQUARE.-1 sq. centimeter=0.1550 sq. in.; 1 sq. decimeter •=0.1076 sq. ft.; 1 sq. meter=1.196 sq. yds.; 1 are=3.954 sq. rds.; lhektar=2.47 acres; 1 sq. kilometer=0.386 sq miles. VOLUME.-1 cubic centimeter=0.061 cubic in.; 1 cubic deci-meter= 0.0353 cubic ft.; 1 cubic meter, 1 ster=1.308 cubic yds., 0.2759 cd.; 1 liter=0.908 qt. dry, 1.0567 qts. liq.; 1 de-kaliter= 2.6417 gals., .135 peck; 1 hektoliter=2.8375 bus. Weights.^! gram=0.03527 ounce; 1 kilogram=2.2046 lbs.; 1 metric ton=1.1023 English tons. Approximate Metric Equivalents. - 1 decimeter=4 inches; 1 meter=l.l yards; 1 kilotneter=% of mile; 1 hektar=23< acres; 1 ster, or cubic meter=M of a cord, 1 liter=1.06 qts. l%iq 1u-i5d ,l b0s.9.; q1t .m dertyr;i c1 thoenk=t2o,2li0t0e rl=bs2.^ bushels; 1 kilograms* |
